CVE-2023-53321Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Linux

Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 16

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames While technically some control frames like ACK are shorter and end after Address 1, such frames shouldn't be forwarded through wmediumd or similar userspace, so require the full 3-address header to avoid accessing invalid memory if shorter frames are passed in.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.55.10.197+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.197-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux05d610af3e71a782fa28a1351b687da982d208ee3beb97bed860d95b14ad23578ce8ddaea62023db+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.55-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g75g-rhj6-fwrr: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames While technically some control frames li2025-09-16
OSV
CVE-2023-53321: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames While technically some control frames like2025-09-16

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames2025-09-16
Debian
CVE-2023-53321: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80...2023
CVE-2023-53321 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase